# seinerzeit

seinerzeit is a German adverb meaning “back then”.

## Meanings

1. back then, at the time (typically years ago, earlier in the life of the speaker)
   - Seinerzeit sind wir da immer schwimmen gegangen. — Back then we always used to go swimming there.
2. _Austria · archaic_ in due time
3. in his day; at that time
   - 1964 kamen die Beatles zum ersten Mal in die USA. Seinerzeit galt ihre Musik noch als wild.

## Examples

- Er war seinerzeit als Anonymus tätig. — In his time, he was an anonymous writer.

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